gerri: hello everybody i am gerri willis. welcome to a special edition we're devoting the entire hour to answer the question how do you do that? with the advice if you are in the market for a new home don't be dismad. the end of the year could be the perfect time to buy a home. the how to do that?er personal finance expert, is i think this is a great idea k vera.

>> there is not l of inventory but not a lot of buyers they can take their. time no multiple offers or bidding wars. it is you and the offer and the seller may entertain that. brady dots in the summer if it is not in the range. >> people selling this time year want to get out and are willing toe do it to.re >> they could be desperate because the other sellers have taken their homes off the market thosean who are in the ga are motivated and they have to do it now. a the buyers are motivated because they have good job transfer of lot of companies relocate in january. serious sellers and seriouselle buyers. gerri: now look at mortgage rates.an they are still pretty attractive. fouroint 3% fixed-rate 5%

jumbo arm is 2.9%. >>:value appreciation they were ridiculous overpriced those that become more affordable because of that combination of these factors.n. so people on the sidelines m think maybe it is a good time to get in. y you still have to research the cost but plunders may be willing to move up profits along more qckly because vol they do not have the volume. check the ratings reduced if you play a right you could find a home that he wld like. gerri: the first of the yearsons is the real reason to startmov thinking. if the plan is to move insp six months you may speed that up because there are rul new rules coming out with

the jumbo loan. your ct will rise if you i don't get on boa quickly. >> tighter lending standardsn stricter verification in the d debt to income cannot be above 43% so luxury buyers are jumping in now because they don't know what happened in 2014 and it did not have the conventional income like said 95 workers they buy now.dv gerri: in the last word of a vice? >> note the market do your homework not six months ago but right now it is a very r slow period if the seller isnd ready to move if they are on the market, make an offer. it does not have to be ridiculous. gerri: there could be the negotiation where a lot of people are standing in line it was a different market.vi >> and heavily discounted.

jump on it. gerri: good news for homeowners. many faults with hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages of likely to see us fighthly despite the threat of rising interest rates weave kathy , as the ceo of realal worth network. h how is this happening?he there were big worries thatse these adjustable-rateta mortgages may see a problem. >> we have to remember times have changed since 2006 when most homeowners got thoseho loans. interest rates were 6.5 or 7.5% so today is great news because interest rates are much lower.t we talk about them going upp. but they are historically low and it is a fantastic t time t get along. for these people it is not

an issue. gerri: is the money saver to l get lower rates but of course, it is adjustable over time you get someat breathing room for a littleittl while.hat do you recommend people continue to buy the adjustable-rate mortgage? they are not alws the safe bet. i >> i don't like them.ate we live in a country forre some reason we can get 30 year fixed-rate mortgages it not doesn't happen anywhere else where else can you block -- y what can a pavement 30 years? p so my people are stuck printing afraid to buy or they can quali butour renta will not stay the same 30 years by a fixed-rate mortgage will. definitely get the fixed if you can't.thes gerri: they are not thee h lowe interest rates on the record but they are close. this is one reason to buy real estate now because

presumably rates will go higher. what is the expectation about the future of mortgage rates? >> the fed h made it clear i they want interest rates low to keep the recovery happening and they say they will not keep stopping intel of employment is at 6.5.that when is that?awhi it will be a while. , but when they go up, they built with a vengeance. i agree lockean the rate today.ound gerri: you can give us rea background people don't realize how quicklyqu they can go up what could we see for an increase if we have the eco big economic turnaround? how fast could they move? >> very quickly because it is artificial. they've really should bed higher.n t in the '80s it was double

digits people were buying holmes said 18%wn f interest-rate. but is still made sense so if that makes sense we have to see but today for both investors and homeowners is to buy if you can. qualify get as manas you can and and investors can get up to 10 loans. gerri: do what you can't afford. do your analysis. thank you for coming on. it is a great conversation. people are wondering. thank you for the words of wisdom. coming up next, lower rates have been great for stocks but it terrible force savers how long will the federal reserve keep their rates this low? not only your financial health used a book that but how to properly prepare mentally.

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than next head of the federal reserve will be janet yellen she already faced the firing squad against easy money policy. joining me now david, andum the chairman of cumberland advisers and jason with prestige economics. david, janet yellen will keep h foot on the pedal for as long as it takes. e you a fan and? >> i'd like janet yellen.n, the economy is not strong enough see employment issues we have talked about before. they continue. we do not have arobust recovery we don't have rising in, cover the real inc income change of this latest change is in years zero at half a point. instead has no choice until they can reach a place to access. it is great to be on with nic

jason i have not seen him in a while. gerri: i will plays somesh audial because she will be the next fed chairman. c >> it is important not toot remove support especially when the recovery is fragile and the tools available for monetary policy should the economy falter given with the short-term interester rates are at zero. gerri: goodness gracious ity could be making a bubble somewhere with a free andre easy money floating around?, >> the first thing is theom median price of a home is pretty close at 300,000. there is 400,000 built perg year and the fed buys that

much with mortgage backed securiti every three months. when you buy four years'f worth of paul sinkhole home yea in the country it isou c creating a bubble you can see that in the home prices. jun back in june you saw that with the hint of tapering. >> we don't have tha bubble yet. we could get one there iske not a bubble in the stock market but we could get one.we we don't have a bubble in the art market although there is sort -- record prices. but the new incoming fed chair, she has said, sheas to reach a point where she gets to neutral but it is too soon. gerri: too soon? should it stop now?

>> it is funny i had a a discussion this morningul about this.peri should the tapering p/e is slowly are all at once? there are risks althoughro there are broad based bubbles appear is with the a housing bust on the east are coast and the southwest those areas are at risk. the next tapering decision s if you get a strong joba number for november there is a slight risk they could do something especially if it is big. i think things are elevated. gerri: david? >> eric is another piece. e he has expertise in energy

and oil. if you look at the build out of the energy sector you didil make the case for falling oil prices also agricultural prices but then they start the pering who will catch a falling knife in the mortgage-backed securitiesba are on the market and the rates will start to rise will the institutionalet investors go to mortgage-backed securities to let their rates go up? if they do then you run the real risk. will there ever be a timeou that is good cheer taper? gerri: do you agree david? >> if you have falling energy pricesou utah fallingla

energy rates if the rate is out one headed lower than the interest rate long term paper is for then the return s is good why do they have to shoot up? we're not creating the the federal paper at the rate we used to spin if they have to go fall -- higher because when mortgage backed g securities rent will go up because if you see those of mortgages tt another hundred basis points higher rents is one-third of thel b core cpi you cod have the energy prices that are lower but if the event starts to go upge that isrr the significant upside risk.e >> we have janet yellen who has set out the course we

may see the first tapering in march. it will be gradual and designed not to introduce shock. he is worried about that andpl so am i. gerri: janet yellen and people like her talk about how little inflation is a b good thing but i would sayan't it is like a little bit pregnant.ay it does not work that way. thank you for coming on tonight. we appreciate your time. >> it is a pleasure. gerri: taking care of your e emotional as well as financial portfolio. how do you do that? buy or lease a new car? important factors to consider. don't go away. [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd. ♪

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gerri: you heard about saving for retirement but what about mental preparation? death this stage comes with big changes the and you be might have to be just as prepared rehab our for psychologist, thank you for coming back. i find over and over men have a hard time with retirement. they don't know what to do with themselves.>> >> they go through different

stages with different careers and different points as the mother or a wife. the whole thing is a transition in. gerri: news say psychologically when you get close you have changes? >> on lot of hesitation or feeling you are out of a the workforce and put out to pasture as though as an adventure. but there is the whole gambit that people really f look forward to this.ey h they have a hobby or a passion. gerri: that this is your portfolios so emotionallp things that you can invest in one of them being work? >> absolutely freud said work a and love keep you going. it it can transform itself aed

and to a different kind of work to something you havene b never done before. volunteer work, help people. gerri: relationships with a significantt other and family?her? >> get to know your family and grandchildren which is a joint and a pleasure. people say they should have grandchildren before children but it changes your relationship with your significant other because you have to respect the fact you are in a new phase of life. plan on doing this together. gerri: this is important and interesting. couples miss each other and want more time together but this much? >> you have to plan to have to get their time and notvidu together time for your

individuals with differentave interests but make sure you do continue to do something together even if it is taking a walk. it is a different phase of life in you have to respectay that. yo gerri: also growth? int >> intellectual and physical growth is very important. keep on working your mind. doing scrabble, takingscra classis, going to museums. gerri: cooking and gardenin and playing golf. i could be busy.hip talk about social relaonships because you have the network is set around what you do for a pe living and people will drop out. >> a great opportunity to maket new connections younect haven't had before. you can join universities ortie new groups extension class is, use it as an opportunitygs

as an adventure of physical and intellectual. gerri: people are mentally prepared to so many areally caug up in the emotional trauma around to savings and the financial portfolio does th consume a lot of energy? >> i think it always has to the disadvantage not putting stock in what yu we're doing. but more important in retirement because you have more time to invest in your emotional self. gerri: most people these days don't think they will retire. thinking about that for many of us is a pipe dream. dr. katherine thank you for coming. coming up, buy or the say new car is simple but it depends. we will explain for a

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in th r gerri: in the market for a new car? more asking not what they should get but how to buy or lease we have thought carrheth coach.here great to have you. you it seems more people or leasing the up popular thing is it the right choice to make? >> there are record sales going on right now and to with limited expenses and the budget is tight and they make the payments a little more palatable with a 39ng, month lease is not

necessarily a benefit 72 months is a long time to make a payment and that is tolong in my book. gerri: i agree. to get a luxury car the guys at the dealership will tell you this is a great deal what you want to do but how did you figure out if it is the right thing? >> start with the basic math though length of the warranty if you lookrs at a high-end data of a 100,000-mile warranty but if you look at ford or gm or chrysler three years or 36,000 miles if you're outside the warranty somebody will pay when at

the car needs work it is simple math that means you don't rent more than 36 months you go 10 or 15,000 miles if you drive less then 10,000 then forget the of these it will never we could be enough if you drive more than 15,004 get the lease on the car becauseon just maintain its.th but of though window between 10,000 or 15,000 miles lookare at at the incentives there are great deals but don't be tricked into buying the 39bu month lease for those three months if there is a problem isudio.s, gerri: let's talk aboutlet' electric cars it is a goodle idea? >> ifou consider the

hybrid or electric vehiclebri only 20 percent of the united states ison igible for those discounts youmu might be making too much money so check with ank accountant you know how t figure that out but take that information to look at those municipalities takers those a discounts then makehat your decision. with a date -- with the least at the end of the three years technology is constantly evolving everyy year uc longer distances in intercooler items they do walk away. gerri: it is every car with all the technology. i am shocked i have been in the market it is like a five hour instruction session to understand how to turn on

the car. talk to me about how bush wriggle room to these dealers have? to they negotiate or is it a deal is it a deal is that a? deal? yo >> we need to go carsho shopping together. if he were leasing there is movement but there is movement maybe there is of larger buyouts may be more money down read the smallat. print i say this what the big print gives you thesma small print takes away so take your time bridal care if bad guy says he only have so much time you have as much time as you need even if you take, a copy because they can make the numbers suggest any way they want with great credit they will work with you. if you are back to the same

brand there is discounting there is atto least 2,000 maximum available adjustment of then there is the same amount of money to not beco but on the table. gerri: a great job as always. the a newly relead reporto say booster seats are getting safer.la how to go through thosehing options? we have our senior researcher at theenior at the institute for highway safetygh. >> what are the basics for the right if it?d o >> but gave up four it goes across the upper thig not across the tummy in the shoulder belt is at the center of the shoulder not up on the neckot. gerri: what were you looking

for? you came up with me great information what did you look for?look >> we evaluate the seeds to make sure the of brewster'se guides up lap belts the best way to protect in a crash. not writing up and the shoulder belt sits squarely. gerri: i never would have known that that is how iummy where the seat belt in thehav car but it is good bet your best bet talk to us about the. >> we evaluate 31 we have the to rating and what that means for parents as they could feel comfortable saidab booster seats will work to know why a variety of vehicles coming from sedanriet

to the sec to be confident it will have a good fit every timeth. we encourage kids to keep fou kids toward phasing in a restraint as long as possible to heights and weights limit but after they moved out of those they are not ready to sit in the vehicle themselves that is whenhey need the booster seats happening between four years and years of agen gerri: the ones that are not recommended here is the payoff show us the ones that are bad and tell us what makes them bad. >> we have see it's not recommended by safety first. the problem is they position in the lap belt to hayek and too far upon the shoulder to

put the child the risk of energy. gerri: to have another recommendation?t >> i a a jazz did or. >> -- iahs.org at. gerri: vicki cooper called it is possible and do movies are out this season to anything mean any more? is a really pg-13? just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked himp. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle youroes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms

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according to the "new york times" to speed up securityyo checkpoints the gsa coming on dash is coming through private database before you even get to the airport joining me now the ceo of fare compare.com but the government denies this but les talk about "the new york times". >> basically most people are familiar with the no-fly less. if you book a ticket you give your name, a gender gender, and your date of birth. they check the no-fly of this but now are they checking something besidesde that?s there are obligations of dmv records, criminal records, as part of standard ticket purchasing probably bought but now there is thee new pre-check program that

could do a deeper dive because when i signed up byur gave my fingerprints that is another data point. gerri: i had to tell them who iated in high school. [laughter] but what about the regular person? what are they said to beey looking at? >> they could look ator criminalds history, basicallyt s as you drive to the airport we talk about between 1.6d and 1.8 million people per day they tried to decide whether to let users security. gerri: resawed tax i.d., a past itinerarytr, property records, a physicalysic characteristics, law enforcement and intelligence information. shocking and compromising. d

>> eight completely deny they do this but with edwards noted we hear incremental disclosure. we will find out. but bottom line as a traveler if you decide to y join this program you give them more data points including fingerprints if you join t global entry program your passport informion, it is the key into all sorts of database throughout the government and they are getting betterng to connect the dots. gerri: rehabing increases of holiday fares so if you wait you will see an increase what are the numbers?he >> if you look at the firstt we week of december buying for the holidays starting december 1750% increase. nonstop another 30%. traveling on thew weekend is 20% so over --.

gerri: and if you've looked at year-over-year increases thanksgiving is up 95 4% in christmas 7.3%. gets on its. prices are going up. terrific to see you. coming up a new report shows just how grown up pg-13 really is. is setting a good guy for consumers? taking care of one of your biggest investments. we bust the myth.

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gerri: that is the easy stuff. that is what pg-13 movies look-alike with gun violenceven it even exceeds the according to a recent study is the rating system a long bear hopeful? we have the:author of the study from the institute of

the university of pennsylvania. you have conducted a massive study tell me about yourll major findings m. >> looking at pg-13 asell as r-rated films going backwe through 1985 and foundo frozen had silenced to see how much gun violence there was. to our surprise the rate of gun violence in pg-13 has been growing rapidly to the point in the last year thereas is no more gun violence in pg-13 movies they and rated r movies. gerri: that is amazing and - shocking.pp whyen is that happening? there is the tendency tode want to include violence because they know that draws the audience. they also can sell these overseas with action and violence does well over

there. the pg-13 rating is anybody could walk in so they have as bigger audiencen not like rated r to buy a ticket. it makes sense from their point ofeal. gerri: you are talking to a woman whose excitement is over the heads. i am not in to supervise went -- super by linde but does mom and dad i agree -- understand how these are so violent? >> the motion picture association says you should look at the y script is says violence but it does not give you a sense of what is in the movie and pg-13 says not as bad as rated r but we see that it is worse. gerri: talking with my staff today and how call of duty o

is unbelievably violent. aid is on television. you don't even have to go to a movie theater to see this it celebrates violence that shocks me. it says what is cowell is toin shootg the gun to killry everybody. i and of action movies i am. not against this but this on television?hock that shocks me upper.vi >> end of movies compete with these video games and ay the movie industry wants to do not fall behindd.hat gerri: what is the roles? why are the different stanrds? >> for years they would have gone into new radar with the sense of violence but now it

is of films that have any kind of a new deal especially female nudity or sex or playing bridge or profanity almost always go into rated r so gun violence without those other two items you could get pg-13. gerri: it seems like they don't mean anything. >> they have almost admitted that you have to look at the descriptors.his they talk about parental guidance but what about those parents that -- the kids that don't have good parental guidance? d oh lot of kids don't have parents that watch them that closely nobody will payk attention. gerri: an amazing steady. thank you. we bust some of the most common home improvement myth

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will dry out or fall off. gerri:ll this time i have been buying duct tape? >> with this you kill off the back and press it and it does not fall off it is sealed and it cuts the loss of heating through the duct by 20 percent. it is a big saver. >> also there is a lot oftion waterproofing companies they will sold us some pomp orpes the jackhammer. the truth is that most wet wha basements can be fixed by cleaning the of debtors and regrading that house. if your basement floods as au result of heavy rainr you dore not need a sump pump you you have to fix the water

drainage. gerri: i love it cost less to. compact fluorescent light bulbs are bad for the environment and contain mercury. >> there is some truth but it's the fact is a light bulb industry goes to arrange a big change right now through incandescent tog to the lcd. they play an important role but compared to other sources like the thermometer equal to 100 compact fluorescent light bulbs. [laughter] gerri: bring back the incandescent. you test your smoke detector by pushing on the button? >> it just checks t alarmk s function but not if it can detect smoke. to do that you need a smoke test aerosol coming in the case of. if you ever see aprof

professional inspector how they checked they sprayed the s and it simulates smoking vicos off you know, it is workingno. gerri: it does look like smoke. i never thought of that. ca it is $15 of long dash 48 can turn your thermostat up and down to save money. >> some people believe if they'll be better off then turn it off but it will saveed i money. not true. if you thank you will turn it down and then turn it up it is just not saving money. the best thing is thus wit marked thermostat with a motion detector if nobody is home it will turn it down without thinng about a. gerri: i'd like the not thinking abouts a part.

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